Fate? Or Destiny?

Chapter 5

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When they went outside the school gate, Shirou held Erika's hand and started walking down the street.

"Uhhh... You know that you don't have to hold my hand all the time, don't you." Erika asked him while walking with him.

"Of course I do. Just... Don't let go." Shirou told her. For some reason, he  glares at people who gets too close to them.

"Uh... I'll have you know that I don't have money to pay for the food..." She said.

"Don't worry. This is all on me." Shirou told her.

When they got there, Erika noticed that they were also selling ice cream, drinks, sandwiches and burgers so she decided to order a burger and an iced tea.

Erika was reading a book and sipping on her iced tea while Shirou was stuffing his mouth with lots of food. Especially ramen noodles.

When Erika took a bite out of her burger, Shirou stopped and stared at her for a moment.

"Uh..." That was what Erika said when she noticed Shirou.

After that, Shirou dropped his food on his plate and leaned forward towards Erika. She tried to lean away but she couldn't because there was nothing behind her except for a wall. No space to move at all.

"Um... What are you doing?" She nervously said. Then she noticed that Shirou was trying to reach for her face with his hand.  She started blushing for unknown reasons.

Using his thumb, Shirou wiped a small amount ketchup that was on Erika's face and licked his thumb.

Shirou stayed at his position for a short moment, staring at Erika. Eye to eye. Then both of them realized that some people were looking at them so Shirou leaned back and Erika continued reading her book.

"Kawaii..." Shirou whispered before finishing his food.

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It was already dark so both of them decided to go home home. After paying for their meals, they went outside the shop.

"See you tomorrow." Erika said her goodbye.

"Yeah... See you tomorrow." Shirou said his.

When Erika started walking, Shirou started walking towards the same direction. He was a few steps behind Erika. When she stopped, he stopped. When she started walking again, he started walking as well.

Then it happened a few more times until Erika looked behind her to see Shirou waiting for her to start walking.

"Um... Why are you following me?" She asked him.

"I'm not following you. I'm going home." Shirou answered.

"Where exactly do you live?"

"In the temple that is around 15 houses away from where you live." He simply replied.

"And how do you know where I live?" She asked him again.

"I followed you yesterday." Shirou said in.

"Were you... Stalking me?" She said cautiously.

"Kinda..." Shirou said nervously.

"Seriously...?" Erika said in a low voice with a dumbfounded expression on her face. Then started walking again.

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The next day in school...

"Huh? She's not here? Where did she go?" Shirou calmly asked Ruby who was taking a short break from her baseball practice.

"I don't know. She went somewhere else, today. That's what she said." Ruby replied while wiping sweat off her face with a face towel.

"Where?"

"I'm not sure, but I think she went to buy... I don't know, maybe some school supplies. I think..."

"I see..."

"So... How was your date?" Ruby asked him.

"There was a moment when things got a bit awkward and Erika was so cute that time." Shirou answered as he imagined Erika's face turned red because of what happened that night.

"Hey! Break'a over! We need to start practicing again!" One of her teammates shouted at them.

"Ok! Be right there in a sec! Hey Shirou, tell me all about it later, okay?" She said as she walked towards the field.

"Yeah, sure."

After that short conversation, Shirou decided that he should visit Erika's house after school.

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Classes have ended and Shirou headed straight to Erika's house. On the way, he stopped at a bakery and grabbed some snacks. Then he continued walking towards the place where Erika lives.

When he got there, he immediately knocked on the door. After a few seconds, the door was opened revealing Erika who was standing in front of Shirou.

As soon as he saw Erika, he realized that something about her have change. She was wearing glasses.

"Shirou?" She said.

"Kawaii!!!" That's what Shirou said while hugging Erika and rubbed his face against hers.

"Honey, who's that young man, you're talking to?" A man who looked like a 40 years old person appeared behind Erika.

"Young man?" A woman who looked like a 40 year old appeared as well.

"Mom, dad, this is Shirou he's my—"

"Is he your boyfriend!?" Her mom interrupted her, then both of her parents grinned at each other.

"Mom, no. He's a classmate." Erika said but her parent seemed to have ignored her.

"Come in, Shirou. Welcome to our home." Erika's father said.

"You're welcome to visit anytime." Her mom added.

So Shirou entered the house and removed his shoes.

"Mom, dad!" Erika shouted and puffed her cheeks when her parents finally looked at her.

"What is it, dear?" Her mom said.

"We're not couples!" She said.

"You're not?" Her dad said while looking at Shirou. Then Shirou grinned at both of Erika's parents.

"Not yet..." He said in a low voice. Then all of them except Erika grinned and smirked at each other.

Because of that, Erika did a face-palm.

"I'll go cook dinner..." She said as she walked towards what Shirou believed was the kitchen.

"She cooks?" He asked her parents.

"Yup. She's the best cook in the house. Oh, and have you heard her play the violin? She's really good at it." Her mom said excitedly.

"Indeed. Oh, and by the way, do you know how to play a musical instrument?"Erika's dad added.

"Well... I can make sounds with my fingers. I just need a piano." Shirou replied.

"Good timing, we happened to have a music room at the back portion of the house." The dad said.

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Here's the 5th chapter, guys! I'm very sorry for the late update. I've been really busy looking for ideas on the internet to draw the characters for this story.

I'm still working on Ruby and other new characters that you will meet later in this story. Please vote, if you like this chapter. Once again, I'm sorry for the late update.

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